Publications

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Profile: Susie Hamilton

October 25, 2021

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we’re highlighting staff at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre who play a vital role in the breast cancer journey. From cancer screening to cancer treatment, there are hundreds of caring professionals that you will meet along the way. Today, we’re sharing a Q & A from Susie Hamilton, a Social Worker/Outpatient Counsellor at the Regional Cancer Centre.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Profile: Jessica DiFelice

October 22, 2021

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we’re highlighting staff at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre who play a vital role in the breast cancer journey. From cancer screening to cancer treatment, there are hundreds of caring professionals that you will meet along the way. Today, we’re sharing a Q & A from Jessica DiFelice, a radiation therapist at the Regional Cancer Centre.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Profile: Dr. Margaret Anthes

October 20, 2021

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we’re highlighting staff at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre who play a vital role in the breast cancer journey. From cancer screening to cancer treatment, there are hundreds of caring professionals that you will meet along the way. Today, we’re sharing a Q & A from Dr. Margaret Anthes, a radiation oncologist at the Regional Cancer Centre.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Profile: Dr. Nishigandha Burute

October 19, 2021

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we’re highlighting staff at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre who play a vital role in a patient’s breast cancer journey. From cancer screening to cancer treatment, there are hundreds of caring professionals that you will meet along the way. Today, we’re sharing a Q & A from Dr. Nishigandha Burute, a radiologist and Northwest Regional Breast Imaging Lead.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Profile: Michelle Opaski, Screen For Life Coach

October 13, 2021

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we’re highlighting staff at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre who play a vital role in the breast cancer journey. From cancer screening to cancer treatment, there are hundreds of caring professionals that you will meet along the way. Today, we’re sharing a Q & A from Michelle Opaski, a Mammographer on the Screen For Life Coach.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Profile: Donna Preater, RN, Screen For Life Coach

October 12, 2021

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we’re highlighting staff at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre who play a vital role in the breast cancer journey. From cancer screening to cancer treatment, there are hundreds of caring professionals that you will meet along the way. Today, we’re sharing a Q & A from Donna Preater, a Registered Nurse on the Screen for Life Coach.

Report from Gord Wickham

October 7, 2021

With children back in school and our communities back from summer vacation, I truly hope the residents of Northwestern Ontario took the opportunity to enjoy our immense natural wonders and safely reconnect with friends and loved ones over the past few months. A year and a half of this historic pandemic has undoubtedly tested everyone’s resolve and mental endurance.

Meet Joelle Mandamin: Indigenous Care Coordinator

September 22, 2021

In June 2021, the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) and Grand Council Treaty #3 partnered to hire Joelle Mandamin as the Hospital’s first Indigenous Care Coordinator (ICC).

New BPH Procedure Preserves Specific Sexual Function

September 21, 2021

Drs. Hazem Elmansy and Walid Shahrour, two urologists at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, have brought a new treatment to Thunder Bay for men suffering from enlarged prostates. Called Rezum, this treatment was developed five years ago as an option for patients concerned with a specific sexual side effect of the laser surgery called retrograde ejaculation.

World Patient Safety Day (September 17th)

September 17, 2021

Today is World Patient Safety Day and our Hospital is joining the pledge to take action to reduce patient harm in a health care setting.

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